Brian Barnum (L), of Phoenix, hugs daughter Elizabeth, 5, as she visits the grave marker of her great-grandfather George Barnum, a WWII veteran, for the first time at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix on May 23, 2026. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times
PHOENIX—With his arm gently resting on her small shoulders, Brian Barnum of Phoenix introduced his 5-year-old daughter Elizabeth to the great-grandfather she would never meet.
The name on the bronze grave marker was George Barnum, who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II before it became the U.S. Air Force. He died in 1995 at the age of 74.
